Leader
73Heralded Score, range 61–80
The most visible merchant of record platforms in Italy, October 2026
Most cited source
4citations
From Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
Brands
Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 73 , range 61–80 | 73#1 | 73
| 81% | 39% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 67 , range 53–76 | 67#2 | 67
| 77% | 29% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 37 , range 30–46 | 37#3 | 37
| 32% | 10% | None | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 21 , range 7–36 | 21#4 | 21
| 18% | 2% | None | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 8 , range 3–32 | 8#5 | 8
| 11% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 7 , range 3–32 | 7#6 | 7
| 9% | 2% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 5 , range 2–30 | 5#7 | 5
| 7% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 4 , range 2–26 | 4#8 | 4
| 7% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 3 , range 1–23 | 3#9 | 3
| 5% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 2 , range 1–16 | 2#10 | 2
| 3% | 0% | None | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Community | 5.0% | 1 of 4 | 4 | Not read |
| 2 | | Community | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | | Community | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Cosa dovrebbe usare un’azienda software per vendere abbonamenti in tutto il mondo e gestire le imposte sulle vendite? | Italian | |
| Quale piattaforma permette di vendere prodotti digitali in tutto il mondo e gestire pagamenti, imposte e rimborsi? | Italian | |
| Come può una piccola azienda SaaS vendere in più Paesi senza creare un team dedicato alla fatturazione? | Italian | |
| Quale servizio gestisce il checkout e le imposte per un’azienda che vende software all’estero? | Italian | |
| Come posso riscuotere e versare le imposte sulle vendite quando clienti all’estero acquistano il mio software? | Italian | |
| Come posso accettare pagamenti da clienti in diversi Paesi per il mio abbonamento? | Italian | |
| Cosa mi serve per vendere download digitali in tutto il mondo senza occuparmi personalmente delle dichiarazioni fiscali? | Italian | |
| Come può un’azienda software gestire rimborsi e contestazioni di addebito sulle vendite internazionali? | Italian | |
| Per vendere software in tutto il mondo, conviene usare un unico servizio di checkout o fornitori separati per pagamenti e imposte? | Italian | |
| È più semplice gestire abbonamenti in tutto il mondo con un merchant of record o con un processore di pagamenti? | Italian | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
Paddle
- = 2
Lemon Squeezy
- = 2
PayPro Global
Gemini
- 1
- 2
- 3
FastSpring
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
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Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.